Using geoengineering to slow global heating risks malaria rise, say scientists

Technique of reflecting sunlight back into space found to be likely to cause increase in population of disease-carrying mosquitos

Geoengineering to prevent the worst impacts of climate breakdown could expose up to a billion more people to malaria, scientists have found.

The report, published in Nature Communications, is the first assessment of how geoengineering the climate could affect the burden of infectious diseases.